ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS AS FACTOR INFLUENCING JOB PERFORMANCE OF LIBRARIAN’S IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN NORTH-WEST, NIGERIA

Elameyi Susan Unobe, C. N. Ikonne (PhD)

Abstract


The study evaluated organizational politics as factor influencing job performance of librarian’s in public university libraries in North-West, Nigeria. The survey research design was used in this study. The population for this study is 736. comprise all of the librarians in the 12 public universities (Federal and State) in North-West Nigeria. The sample size for the study consists 259 librarian personnel derived from the 736 librarians in the public universities in North-West Nigeria. The sample size from the population is determined by using Taro Yamane (1967) formular. The researcher employed the questionnaire as the research instrument for collecting data in this study. The data collected was analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 21. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution, percentages, mean and standard deviation. The findings revealed that the level of librarians’ job performance in public university libraries in North-West, Nigeria was high on a scale of 4. The findings further revealed that organizational influence, personal influence and job context influence were the prevalent organizational politics practiced among librarians in public universities libraries in North-West, Nigeria. The study concluded that organizational politics is crucial factor for increasing job performance of librarians in North-West Nigeria. However, the study recommended that the level of librarians’ job performance in public university libraries in North-West, Nigeria was high, appraising the staff performance will ensure that the factors that makes for job satisfaction are still in place before making a decision on whether a librarian is performing well or bad and take responsibility for management induced inefficiency. 

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organizational politics, job performance, librarian’s and university library

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